Bristoe campaign order of battle: Union

The following units and commanders fought in the Bristoe campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. When multiple names of commanders are shown, this indicates the succession of command through the Campaign.

Military rank abbreviations used

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Army of the Potomac

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MG George G. Meade, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters

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General Staff and Headquarters

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division:
     BG Lysander Cutler

1st Brigade ("Iron Brigade"):


   Col William W. Robinson

2nd Brigade:


   BG James C. Rice

Second Division:
     BG John C. Robinson

1st Brigade:


   Col Thomas F. McCoy

2nd Brigade:


   BG Henry Baxter

Third Division:
     BG John R. Kenly

1st Brigade:


   Col Chapman Biddle

2nd Brigade:


   Col Langhorne Wister

  • 143rd Pennsylvania: Col Edmund L. Dana
  • 149th Pennsylvania: Ltc Walton Dwight
  • 150th Pennsylvania: Cpt Horatio Bell
3rd Brigade:


   Col Nathan T. Dushane

  • 1st Maryland: Ltc John W. Wilson
  • 4th Maryland: Col Richard N. Bowerman
  • 7th Maryland: Col Edwin H. Webster
  • 8th Maryland: Col Andrew W. Denison
Artillery Brigade:


   Col Charles S. Wainwright

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division:
     BG John C. Caldwell
     Col Paul A. Frank

1st Brigade:


   Col Nelson A. Miles

2nd Brigade ("Irish Brigade"):


   Col Patrick Kelly

3rd Brigade:


   Col Paul A. Frank
   Col James A. Beaver

4th Brigade:


   Col John R. Brooke

Second Division:
     BG Alexander S. Webb

1st Brigade:


   Col Francis E. Heath

2nd Brigade "Philadelphia Brigade":


   Col De Witt C. Baxter

3rd Brigade:


   Col James E. Mallon (k)

Third Division:
     BG Alexander Hays

1st Brigade ("Gibraltar Brigade"):


   Col Samuel S. Carroll

2nd Brigade:


   Col Thomas A. Smyth

  • 14th Connecticut: Col Theodore G. Ellis
  • 1st Delaware: Ltc Edward P. Harris
  • 12th New Jersey: Col J. Howard Willets
  • 10th New York (battalion): Maj George F. Hopper
  • 108th New York: Col Charles J. Powers
3rd Brigade:


   BG Joshua T. Owen

Artillery Brigade:


   Cpt John G. Hazard

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division:
     MG David B. Birney

1st Brigade:


   Col Charles H. T. Collis

2nd Brigade:


   BG John Henry Hobart Ward

3rd Brigade:


   Col P. Régis de Trobriand

Second Division:
   BG Henry Prince

1st Brigade:


   Col Robert McAllister

2nd Brigade ("Excelsior Brigade"):


   Col William R. Brewster

3rd Brigade:


   BG Gershom Mott

Third Division:
     BG Joseph B. Carr

1st Brigade:


   BG William H. Morris

2nd Brigade:


   Col Joseph Warren Keifer

  • 6th Maryland: Col John Watt Horn
  • 110th Ohio: Maj Otho H. Binkley
  • 122d Ohio: Col William H. Ball
  • 138th Pennsylvania: Col Matthew R. McClennan
3rd Brigade:


   Col Benjamin F. Smith

Artillery Brigade:


   Cpt George E. Randolph

  • MG George Sykes
  • Escort: 5th Michigan Cavalry (squadron): Lt Samuel Harris
  • Provost Guard: 12th New York (Companies D and E): Cpt Henry W. Ryder
Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division:
     BG Charles Griffin

1st Brigade:


   BG James Barnes

2nd Brigade:


   Col Jacob B. Sweitzer

3rd Brigade:


   Col Joshua L. Chamberlain

  • 20th Maine: Maj Ellis Spear
  • 16th Michigan: Cpt George H. Swan
  • 44th New York: Ltc Freeman Conner
  • 83rd Pennsylvania: Maj William H. Lamont

Second Division:
     BG Romeyn B. Ayres

1st Brigade:


   Col Sidney Burbank

3rd Brigade:


   BG Kenner Garrard

Third Division:
     Col William McCandless

1st Brigade:


   Col William C. Talley

3rd Brigade:


   Col Martin D. Hardin

Artillery Brigade:


   Cpt Augustus Pearl Martin

  • MG John Sedgwick
  • Escort: 1st Vermont Cavalry (detachment): Capt Andrew J. Grover
Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division:
     BG Horatio G. Wright

1st Brigade
(First New Jersey Brigade):


   BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

2nd Brigade:


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

  • 5th Maine: Col Clark S. Edwards
  • 121st New York: Col Emory Upton
  • 95th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Carroll
  • 96th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Lessig
3rd Brigade:


   BG David Allen Russell

Second Division:
     BG Albion P. Howe

2nd Brigade ("Vermont Brigade"):


   Col Lewis A. Grant

3rd Brigade:


   BG Thomas H. Neill

Third Division:
     BG Henry D. Terry

1st Brigade:


   BG Alexander Shaler

2nd Brigade:


   BG Henry L. Eustis

3rd Brigade:


   BG Frank Wheaton

Artillery Brigade:


   Col Charles H. Tompkins

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division:
     BG John Buford

1st Brigade:


   Col George H. Chapman

  • 8th Illinois: Maj John L. Beveridge
  • 12th Illinois: Cpt Henry L. Reans
  • 3rd Indiana: Maj William S. McClure
  • 8th New York: Maj William H. Benjamin
2nd Brigade:


   Col Thomas Devin

  • 4th New York: Ltc Augustus Pruyn
  • 6th New York: Maj William P. Hall
  • 9th New York: Col William Sackett
  • 17th Pennsylvania: Ltc Coe Durland
  • 3rd West Virginia, Companies A & C: Maj Seymour B. Conger

Second Division:
     BG David McM. Gregg

1st Brigade:


   Col John P. Taylor

2nd Brigade:


   Col John Irvin Gregg

Third Division:
     BG Judson Kilpatrick

1st Brigade:


   BG Henry E. Davies Jr.

2nd Brigade ("Michigan Brigade"):


   BG George A. Custer

Headquarters Guard
  • 1st Ohio, Companies A & C: Cpt Noah Jones
Reserve Brigade:


   BG Wesley Merritt

unattached
  • 19th New York (1st Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs

Horse Artillery

1st Brigade:


   Capt James M. Robertson

2nd Brigade:


   Cpt William M. Graham

Artillery Reserve

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Brigade Batteries
1st Regular Brigade:


   Cpt Alanson M. Randol

  • 1st US, Battery H: Lt Philip D. Mason
  • 3rd US, Batteries F & K: Lt George F. Barstow
  • 4th US, Battery C: Lt Charles L. Fitzhugh
1st Volunteer Brigade:


   Ltc Freeman McGilvery

2nd Volunteer Brigade:


   Cpt Elijah D. Taft

3rd Volunteer Brigade:


   Maj Robert H. Fitzhugh

Ammunition Guard

References

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